This article will show you how to upload your first file to an Employee's Folder.

To know the difference between the Public and Employee folders, click here.

• How do I upload a file to an Employee's Folder?
• How do I edit and view Employees' files?

How do I upload a file to an Employee's Folder?

Step 1: Launch the WorkForce People module, and click on Files from the left-hand side menu.

Step 2: Select the employee from the Filter folder drop-down and click on the Search button.

Step 3: Click on the Upload Files button

Step 4: Enter the following file upload details:

• Public Folder or Employee Folder: Ensure that you have the Employee Folder radio button selected.
• Folder: Ensure that you have the correct employee selected.
• Send to Portal: Tick this checkbox if you would like to give access to the selected employee to download this file from his/her respective Portal.
• Start of Retention Period: Select the start date of your file's retention period
• Category: Select the file retention category. The file's expiry date will show next to the Category drop-down, based on your selection. For more information on how to set up such categories, click here.
• File upload: File/s can be added by one of these two methods: (1) Drag and drop into the large table or (2) Click on the large table and select your file from your computer.

Step 5: Click on the green Upload button.

How do I edit and view Employees' files?

You can view all your uploaded files within the Employee Folders by selecting the employee from the Filter folder drop-down and then clicking on the Search button. You can choose to edit or download a file by clicking on the respective action button to the left of the file name. 

Moreover, WorkForce People allows you to apply bulk actions to your files by clicking on the checkbox to the left of the Actions heading to select all the files, and apply one of the following bulk actions:

• Sent to Portal: The selected files will be sent to the selected employee portal
• Remove from Portal: The selected files will be removed from the selected employee portal
• Recycle: The selected files will have their status updated to 'Recycled'. Recycled files cannot be edited.
• Restore Recycle: The selected files will have their status from 'Recycled'.
• Delete: The selected files will be permanently deleted.

Hint: The green employee icon indicates that the file is available on the selected employee portal

All files uploaded in an employee folder are also accessible by WorkForce People Admins from the respective employee profile, as shown below.